Otherwise, the linguistics aspects of KeyTap®
(at least in the academic sense) have been backburnered.

After extensive research to find an
online academic program appropriate to the study of linguistics along with computer
technology combined in the context of an upper level multi-disciplinary program, I find a wide chasm
still exists between computer studies and a broader studies in the humanities,
at least so far as formal degree programs are concerned.

Unfortunately, computer software
development is still
considered a technical track, while upper level humanities programs are
themselves designed merely for acquiring managerial credentials. Sadly, this
assures computer professionals are
denied access to the big picture, while administrators in government, corporate
and academic positions will continue to be forced making wide-sweeping decisions about
powerful and ubiquitous infrastructure technologies of which they know
very little. As yet, there are no formal programs which effectively
combine the
two interests (Humanities and Computer Science) in a distance learning PhD program.

In any case, following is the
archived version of my search for a degree program. It went like this...

If you would like to see how unique the concept
is, plus how cleverly I can manipulate the online universe, go to
google and search in quotes
for: "Interactive Input Rendering"

Maybe you'd also like to look up my current
focus which is: "C# Morphology." The
term was added to this page 11/20/03
9:14 am. As of 11/29/03 10:20 am, it is appearing as a google
search return.

Otherwise, I am investigating the feasibility of
using my
Equipoise® database as corpora for a study in pragmatics
(see notes:
Kennedy, 1998)
while establishing publication procedures using my [web served home-style]
computer and finishing my
French requirement.

And yes I am trying to shorten the study
title. Maybe to just an initialization like: ITTPPLUPACVPIIR.

Following is
a brief history of KeyTap®,
which outlines the results of actions based on a 1996
draft outline.

The problem statement in that
draft outline
was prophetic, but the persistence of the problem remains remarkable. With
almost universal availability of personal computers and the Internet in the
United States, the number of small organizations that have still not automated
their information needs, in any meaningful way, is surprising.

In 1996 after the first
draft outline was completed, the underlying concepts
expressed in it were refined and expanded
into an application to a Ph.D. program at
Walden University. Even
though the application defined an active project that eventually led a path away
from the dissertation, the results of that very project provided resources
enabling me to return to academic life unencumbered by economic pressure.

During my work on the
original problem, I maintained
over 40 individual web sites. All but one of them were authored and
hosted pro bono as community
services. I did that in part because as early as 1993 I anticipated the
exploding tech bubble and wanted to allow those websites optimum
survivability while computer and Internet users came up to speed. Of course, it
was the amazing size that the tech bubble reached before bursting which was unexpected.

Anticipating the rise and fall of Internet
hyperbole (maybe still not so fallen), then tracking its progress, forced
further insight into the original problem which in summary was:

How to design
effective strategies for organizing, tracking and maintaining digital
information given that the tools used to do it, along with the tracking needs
themselves, change over time.

Two of the sites that were part of the original study are linked below. The first is
the
Endico site which
bankrolls the current KeyTap®. Actually it is not the Endico web site proper
which provides support, but the underlying brick and mortar business—of
which I am a partner.

The second site is
Equipoise® which
now functions as a free equine industry resource.
It was one of my original KeyTap®
projects and ahead of its time. More than 10 years later it is still ahead of
its time. However I recently hear rumblings about the larger trade organizations
just beginning to approach the problem of universal data access and management in
much the same way Equipoise® began doing
in 1993. I am confident these organizations will be taking a cue from the Equipoise
Videobase.

Equipoise represents a symbiotic
relationship in which I receive data from more than 2500 horse enthusiasts from
around the world to use in my own research (developing data control philosophies
and technologies), while those who use the site enjoy one of the oldest and best
maintained equine resources on the web.

Close readings of the Endico and Equipoise
sites offer insight into my philosophy regarding the proper use of digital
technology and the Internet. The two sites also act as counterpoint for
discussions about problems that still exist in the online world. These two sites are
linked below for your convenience, along with a new one for programmers only:

As an academic exercise the KeyTap®
web site (that you are now viewing) serves both as an example and a test case
addressing issues central to use of the Internet.

Which brings us to Chapter 1: Longevity and Quality - how the bound book beats the
online version every time.

Well the bound book is being worked on, but part of finding the best formal academic
program* in which to place it, is gathering other books and links to further
my study. The growing reference list is at:
Linguistics and related links....

11/21/2010: Inductive Parallax
(first discussed at Riehle Opticians Warwick, NY) is a conceptual theory
which led to development of The Floater Flicker Training Orb. It began
when Bob Fugett tried to self-describe his severe eye floater to optician
Anthony Riehle. Read all about it
here...

Down here and out of the way

Due to the fact this website has become so venerated and
trusted, it always helps me boost a new page or site to the top of
Google searches by including a mention of it here.

In any case, if a
person gets here by whatever means available, they will not be sorry
they took a look at the rich history of Sugar Loaf as a hamlet of full
time working artists fulfilling the dream of a tiny Mecca for excellence
in the arts.